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<includeonly> | <includeonly>[[Image:Morta tobacco pipe.JPG|thumb|Morta Pipe]] | ||
[[Image:Morta tobacco pipe.JPG|thumb|Morta Pipe]] | |||
[[Morta]], also known as Bog Oak or Abonos, is another form of wood used to make tobacco pipes. | [[Morta]], also known as Bog Oak or Abonos, is another form of wood used to make tobacco pipes. | ||
This wood, however, has been preserved by being buried in peat bogs, sometimes for hundreds of years or more. | This wood, however, has been preserved by being buried in peat bogs, sometimes for hundreds of years or more. | ||
The material represents the early stages of wood's fossilization, and as a result the material is nearly 12% mineral in content, making it highly resistant to burnout. | The material represents the early stages of wood's fossilization, and as a result the material is nearly 12% mineral in content, making it highly resistant to burnout. | ||
It is also praised for a neutral taste caused by the removal of all tannins, resins and the like from the wood during its long period of submersion. | It is also praised for a neutral taste caused by the removal of all tannins, resins and the like from the wood during its long period of submersion.</includeonly> | ||
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Several pipe makers are using [[Morta]], which is an excellent material for pipe making. | <noinclude>Several pipe makers are using [[Morta]], which is an excellent material for pipe making. | ||
[[Morta]], or bog oak, is partially petrified oak that comes from trees that have fallen into peat bogs. | [[Morta]], or bog oak, is partially petrified oak that comes from trees that have fallen into peat bogs. | ||
Being buried in the peat bog preserves the wood from decay due to the bog's acidity and anaerobic conditions. | Being buried in the peat bog preserves the wood from decay due to the bog's acidity and anaerobic conditions. | ||
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Image:Josef Prammer Pipe04.jpg|left|thumb|Morta Pipes, courtesy of [[Josef Prammer]] | Image:Josef Prammer Pipe04.jpg|left|thumb|Morta Pipes, courtesy of [[Josef Prammer]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery></noinclude> | ||